About 19 new United States Peace Corps were, on Thursday sworn in after undergoing 11-weeks of community based training at Chinkhombwe Village in Kasungu district. The volunteers will be assigned to various Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSS) throught Malawi where they will work alongside their local counteparts to teach English, Mathematics, Physics and Science to strengthen academic […]
A heated debate rages on in Malawi over the government’s plans to implement the new Education Act in the next school calendar (starting September 8) which calls for the use of English language as the medium of instruction to learners from Standard one – the point of entry into public primary schools. The medium of […]
A local rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) is pushing authorities in Malawi’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to introduce a new educational calendar which will ensure that Muslim learners do not miss afternoon classes. Coordinator of strengthen Learn Without Fear project under the CHRR Stain Katuli raised the concerns […]
Kia Motors Corporation has announced the expansion of its ongoing global corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, the ‘Green Light Project’, during celebrations for the grand opening of a new Green Light School in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. Kia’s Green Light Project – a global social mobility program started by the corporation in 2012 – strives to […]
About 89 teachers on Saturday graduated from Emmanuel Teachers Training College in Lilongwe. Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Emmanuel Fabiano, who was guest of honour, hailed the institution for its commitment to support government in the education sector. He said Malawi faces a problem of shortage of teachers in most rural schools, saying […]
Barely a week after an K11 million recreation hall to Kalonga primary school in Lilongwe, Alliance One Malawi tobacco company has also spent over K8 million to renovate Kambokambo full primary school based in Nambuma, Dowa which was in a complete dilapidated state. Speaking during handover ceremony held at the school’s campus, Alliance One Malawi Agronomy services administrator Hetherwick […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has said that it plans to use Malawi as a model in Africa for the establishment and implementation of community colleges. ILO Director General Assistant Director General also Regional Director for Africa Aeneas Chapinga Chuma told journalists in the capital Lilongwe after expressing the organisation’s commitment to President Peter Mutharika […]
Malawi’s Premier mobile phone company, TNM donated 40 desks worth K1.2 million to St Anthony Community Day Secondary School in Zomba to alleviate problems that the learners the school has been experiencing over the years. Speaking during the handover ceremony at the school, TNM’s Head of Region (South) Francis Mwamadi said the donation was in […]
Alliance One Tobacco, a multinational tobacco company on Monday donated a K11 Million recreation hall and a library to Kalonga Full Primary School. Alliance One Corporate Affairs Manager, Fran Malila, says the company decided to build the multipurpose hall as one way of assisting the school with income generating source. Malila said the company remains committed in implementing […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Malawi says it will no longer entertain the admission of students in public secondary schools based on applications starting from the forthcoming academic year which starts in September. A statement released Wednesday signed by Secretary for Education, Science and Technology says the government has reverted to the merit system of […]
Stakeholders have called upon government to include sign language in teaching curriculum to benefit more people and reduce the problem of Special Needs Teachers especially in the area of hearing impairment facing the country, The Malawi National Association of the Deaf (Manad) project coordinator, Juliana Mwase, in an interview said most of the deaf school […]
Chikwawa district on Wednesday joined all African countries in commemorating the day of the African Child under the theme ‘A Child friendly quality free and Compulsory Education for all Children in Africa.’ The commemoration, which was led by Chikwawa District Education Manager, Thomas Mbwembwe took place at Nkuzi Primary School. In his speech, Mbwembwe said the district […]
Norway Prime Minister Ms. Erna Solberg will visit Malawi to among others to launch a girls’ education programme that will be implemented jointly by 3 UN Agencies; UNICEF, UNFPA and WFP, it has been disclosed. According to Kusali Kubwalo, Unicef Communications Officer, the three agencies have teamed up to a girls’ education programme aimed at […]
Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe City Centre Constituency, David Bisnowaty, has challenged that it is only through compulsory education that Malawi will spiral up the development ladder. The MP said this in his maiden speech towards the 45th session of parliament as he commented on the Malawi President Prof Peter Mutharika’s speech in […]
Communities in Malawi’s Northern border district of Karonga are threatening to hold demonstrations if ministry of education authorities failed to halt the tendency of some primary schools teachers who force school children to pay money or a tin of rice in exchange for examinations. The concerned parents which are from the northern part of Karonga […]
Migowi Day Secondary School in Phalombe District has made headlines for having 11 students testing pregnant. The students have since dropped out of school and no action taken on those responsible for the pregnancies, according to the headteacher of the school, Duniweck Chinawa. “It’s terrible, this is retrogressive to the advancement of girl education in […]
Malawi’s new president, former law professor and education minister Peter Mutharika, has said he will fulfil his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) promise on the construction of five new universities. Mutharika, younger brother of Malawi’s former president Bingu wa Mutharika, who died in office in 2012, told Parliament on Tuesday that the DPP-led Government will fulfil […]
Pupils at Kapeni Demonstration in Blantyre have not been attending classes since May 20 polls after learning and teaching materials were torched during the elections violence. “Pupils have not been learning because all teaching and learning materials the school were burnt on elections days. We don’t know where to start from since there is literally […]